Banque du Liban
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Banque du Liban is the central bank of Lebanon, responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and implementing the country’s monetary policy.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banque du Liban canonical | 9 |
| Bank of Lebanon | 2 |
| Central Bank of Lebanon | 1 |
| monetary authority of Lebanon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1241100 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Banque du Liban Context triple: [Lebanese pound, centralBank, Banque du Liban]
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A.
Central Bank of Libya
The Central Bank of Libya is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing currency, managing monetary policy, and overseeing the Libyan banking system.
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B.
Central Bank of Tunisia
The Central Bank of Tunisia is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and overseeing the stability of Tunisia’s financial system.
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C.
Central Bank of Bahrain
The Central Bank of Bahrain is the kingdom’s primary financial regulator and monetary authority, overseeing banking, insurance, and capital markets from its headquarters in Manama.
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D.
Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt is the country's primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the banking sector.
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E.
Central Bank of Kuwait
The Central Bank of Kuwait is the country’s monetary authority responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and formulating monetary policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Banque du Liban Target entity description: Banque du Liban is the central bank of Lebanon, responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and implementing the country’s monetary policy.
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A.
Central Bank of Libya
The Central Bank of Libya is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing currency, managing monetary policy, and overseeing the Libyan banking system.
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B.
Central Bank of Tunisia
The Central Bank of Tunisia is the country’s primary monetary authority, responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and overseeing the stability of Tunisia’s financial system.
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C.
Central Bank of Bahrain
The Central Bank of Bahrain is the kingdom’s primary financial regulator and monetary authority, overseeing banking, insurance, and capital markets from its headquarters in Manama.
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D.
Central Bank of Egypt
The Central Bank of Egypt is the country's primary monetary authority responsible for issuing currency, formulating monetary policy, and regulating the banking sector.
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E.
Central Bank of Kuwait
The Central Bank of Kuwait is the country’s monetary authority responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and formulating monetary policy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central bank
ⓘ
public financial institution ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Lebanon ⓘ |
| currencyCodeIssued | LBP ⓘ |
| currencyIssued | Lebanese pound ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Lebanon ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | Lebanese banking system ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.bdl.gov.lb ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Lebanon ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Beirut ⓘ |
| implements | monetary policy of Lebanon ⓘ |
| issues |
banknotes in Lebanese pound
ⓘ
coins in Lebanese pound ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Lebanon ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialDocuments |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ |
| legalForm | state-owned institution ⓘ |
| locatedInBuildingUse | office building ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Beirut ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Beirut Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| mandate | maintain monetary and financial stability in Lebanon ⓘ |
| officialName |
Banque du Liban
self-link
ⓘ
مصرف لبنان ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Lebanon ⓘ |
| participatesIn | Lebanese payment systems ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| regulates |
Lebanese commercial banks
ⓘ
Lebanese financial institutions ⓘ |
| regulatoryFunction |
banking supervision
ⓘ
licensing of banks in Lebanon ⓘ prudential regulation of financial institutions in Lebanon ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
financial stability in Lebanon
ⓘ
foreign exchange policy in Lebanon ⓘ management of Lebanon’s foreign reserves ⓘ price stability in Lebanon ⓘ |
| role |
banking sector regulator in Lebanon
ⓘ
implementer of Lebanon’s monetary policy ⓘ issuer of national currency of Lebanon ⓘ Banque du Liban self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
monetary authority of Lebanon
|
| sector |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| shortName | BDL ⓘ |
| supervises | Lebanese banking sector ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | monetary authority ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Banque du Liban Description of subject: Banque du Liban is the central bank of Lebanon, responsible for issuing the national currency, regulating the banking sector, and implementing the country’s monetary policy.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bank of Lebanon
this entity surface form:
Central Bank of Lebanon
this entity surface form:
monetary authority of Lebanon
subject surface form:
Lebanese pound
subject surface form:
Lebanese pound
this entity surface form:
Bank of Lebanon
subject surface form:
Lebanese pound